Closet-seat.



A. J. BOGART.

CLOSET SEAT. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 25, 1908.

' Patented 0013. 19, 1909.

l l F ALBIERT J. BOGART, 0F FAR RQCKAWAY, NEW YORK.

CLOSET-SEAT.

Spedieation of Letters Patent. Application led September 25, 1908. Serial No. 454,287.

Patented oet. 19, 1909.

To all whom 'it may concem:

Be it known that I. ALBERT J. BooAnT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Far Rockaway, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Closet-Seat, of which the following is a specification.

`his invention has relation to closet seats and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of its parts, as hereinafter shown and'described.

The object of the invention is to provide a seat which is made up of a series of sections with an adductor or means for securelly. holding the sections together, and whic at the same time, is so embedded in the seat as to be eiectually concealed, and which may be readily reached for the purpose of eadjusting the parts of the seat should they become displaced.

With the above object in view the seat is provided upon its under side with a circular groove 1n which is located an interrupted band or rim,-the said rim being preferably of metal. A double end screw-bolt provided with right and left threads, connects the ends of the said band together and is located in a recess which is provided in the under side of the seat, and which is normally closed by the hinge plate upon which the seat is supported. After the said band is properly positioned in the circular groove the lower portion of the groove is closed with a fillet of bent wood, which also serves to strengthen the structure and forms a complete concealing closure for the said groove and its contents.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a plan view ofthe under side of the seat with part broken away. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the seat.

The seat 1 is made up of the sections 2, 3, 4 and 5, which are preferably joined toether at their ends by tongue and groove Joints, and which may also be provided with dowel pins at suitable points, if desired. The seat 'is provided in its under side with a circular groove 6, which merges at its end into an enlarged recess 7, cut in the meeting portions of the sections 2 and 5 of the structure. By reason of the fact that the said groove 6 is circular it may be readily turned by placing the seat upon a lathe, and thus the said groove may be accurate] formed.

The interrupted metal band 8 1s located in the groove 6 and. provided at its ends with the internally screw-threaded lugs 9. The said lugs 9 are located in the enlarged recess T. '.lhe double-ended screw 10 is provided at its opposite ends with right and lefthand screw-three ds which engage the threads of the lugs 9. The said screw is provided at an intermediate point with a non-circular portion 11,v upon which a wrench may bev placed for the purpose of turning the said screw. The hin e-plate 12 is attached t0 the under side of the seat 1 and is adapted to close -the recess 7 and protect the contents thereof. The fillet 13 is located in the lower portion of the groove 6 and is adapted to close the same and protect the intermediate portion of the rim 8. The said fillet iS preferably made of bent wood and adds to the strength of the structure, inasmuch as it is continuous from end to end and passes substantially throughout the length of all the sections of the seat.

From the above description it is obvious that should an of the sections of the seat warp or shrin or otherwise become distorted or misplaced, the seat may be removed from the hinge-plate 12, when a wrench may be applied to the non-circular portion 1l of the double ended screw 10, which may be turned, whereby the said band may be drawn together at its end, thus serving as an adduetor for drawing the sections of the seat close together and in proper relation to each other. Inasmuch as' the seat is substantially elliptical or ovate in shape, 4while the band 13 and the groove 6 are circular, the said groove does not follow in particular lines of the grain of the wood of which the seat sections are composed, and consequently the sections are not weakened and are not liable to split by reason of the fact that they contain the, said groove.

As shown in Fig. l, the sections 2, 3, 4 and 5 have their abutting edges disposed in planes which determine ra ii of the groove 6. This construction promotes the rlgidity of the seat under thev action of the adductor ring which is disposed in the groove.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An annular water-closet seat having a roove in the form of a true circle in its ower face; and an adductor ring mounted in said groove; the seat comprising a plu- OFFICE..

rality ofsections having their abutting faces disposed/in planes which determine radii of the groove.

2. A closet seat provided in its lower face with an endless groove enlarged to form a recess in the lower face ofthe seat, the said recess terminating laterally and superiorly within the contour of the seat; an adduetor ring mounted in the groove; means disposed p in the recess and assembled with the ends of the ring, forlcontracting the ring; a. fillet disposed within and arranged to 'close the groove; and 'a hlnge plate mounted upon the ower face of the seat and arranged to close the recess.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT J. BOGART.

Witnesses:

VALENTINE W. SMITH, GEO. KARsEY. 

